Reuters
reports the claim came with this statement from General
Majid Bokaei, Iran's deputy defense
minister: "When this missile was tested, all
the enemies' destroyers and ships retreated from near our
borders."

He then said it's capable of entering space, then
re-entering the atmosphere at "high speed" and "completely
destroys the target vessel or warship."

Pieter Wezeman, a senior researcher at the Stockholm
International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), voiced skepticism
to Reuters reporters, saying that it's difficult to verify, and
that Iran's missiles have always suffered accuracy
problems.

"We always have to be aware of the propaganda value
of all these claims," Wezeman told Reuters.

So far, no Western officials have come forward to confirm a
military detection of such a missile launch.